Mostly About Organized Crime

08/27/2012

Apparently witness protection is for wallflowers, not the life of the party.

Chris Paciello, the one-time King of South Beach, declined an offer by the feds for a new identity after giving up the goods on the Bonanno and Colombo crime families, and now he's back living large with the pretty people in SoBe as reported by Brad Hamilton for the New York Post: "March marked his official return to Miami, where he hosted the grand
opening of a swanky Italian restaurant, Bianca, at the oceanfront Delano
hotel."

08/16/2012

Chris Paciello, the one-time King of South Beach, was arrested last February on a DUI charge in Miami, FL, and earlier this week "had his charge reduced to reckless driving and will serve six month’s probation, perform 50 hours of community service and attend DUI school, said his attorney Michael Grieco" as reported by WFOR.

Paciello's reign during the 1990s in the once cool Miami nightlife scene ended after pleading guilty in 2000 for his role as the getaway driver in a 1993 home invasion on Staten Island, NY that left a housewife shot dead. Pacielli was sentenced to ten years in prison but served only seven after apparently spilling his guts on a number of wise guys from different Mafia families while away as reported by Frank Owen for the New Times: "most significant, Paciello fingered two made members of the Bonanno family, which led ultimately to the takedown of almost the entire upper echelon of the organization, including family boss Joseph 'Big Joe' Massino."

03/12/2012

The one-time King of South Beach Chris Paciello is back in Miami, FL after serving six years in a federal penitentiary, and apparently the former reputed mob associate spilled his guts on a number of wise guys from different Mafia families while away as reported by Frank Owen for the New Times: "most significant, Paciello fingered two made members of the Bonanno family, which led ultimately to the takedown of almost the entire upper echelon of the organization, including family boss Joseph 'Big Joe' Massino."

Paciello's reign during the 1990s in the once thriving Miami nighlife scene ended after pleading guilty in 2000 for his role as the getaway driver in a 1993 home invasion on Staten Island, NY that left a housewife shot dead: "he was sentenced to 10 years in prison but served seven for cooperating in mob-related investigations, records show."